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P. S.-Notice is also given that the stated
monthly meeting of the present Board will be
held at I o'clock, Pm, on the same day, at
which time full report Of tiife operations of
the Company for the past year will be given
to the Shareholders and Lotholders
JNO. J. REESE,
ian IL ct SECRETARY
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What would Baltimore city do for postpran-
dial speeches and poetry without Mayor
Hodges and <,IsiDs L. Thomas? Diamond
back, cany and cognae are great in
sinners Of I'D brain.
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MARRIED.

In Uniontown, Nd, on Jan. 9th, 1887, by
Rev. W. S. Delp, John I. Motter and Miss
Alice NJ. Nusbaum, both of this county.
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ExECUToR'S

The undersigned, a
Cromwell, late of Ca
and by virtue of an
Court of Carroll couI
sale, on the premises
west of Warfieldsbut
road, on
Tuesday, Eebrud
AT l o'clock, p m.
containing
8 ACRES, n
There are no buildi
there are a fine sp
orchard. Land al
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Cook and Samuel
Terms of Sale.
money to be paid
ratification by sal
two equal payme
from day of sale
sufficient securif
of sale.
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EoR SALE OR ExCHANGE.-O One
Butter Factory outfit, including ane De
Laval Cream Separator. Also NICE little
farm of II acres. For particulars call on or
address S. WEANT,
janis At York Road, Carroll Co., Nd.
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party. An Were some who nave
aspired to positions, and are chagrined at
not attaining their ambition. Others hope to
get up revolution and ride into place and
power.
The ADVOCATE is always willing TO aid IN
guarding the honor and purity of the Demo
cratic party. 1t usually speaks out when
errors are committed, and it is well aware that
some have been committed. But when grave
charges are made it is well TO examine them
and see if they are well founded; to exam
inc them in the light of truth, and compare
them with facts. 1t is also well to look care
fully at the motives and records of those who
promise better things. The charges OF the
Oratorio Hall committee are mostly denied
by facts; and the records of the chief actors
at the meeting, do not encourage the belief
that they, if permitted to control matters,
would give more satisfaction. Let us bear
the ills we have, rather than fly to those we
know not of would better apply in this case
If paraphrased thus-Let us bear the small
ills we have rather than submit to greater.
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Alice Oates, the vel, -kpoyn comic opera
singer, died in Pbiiadelph, re Monday.
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After several days trial a jury at New Bed
ford, Massachusetts,, on Saturday, under the
Civil damage act, gave John o. Cornell YER
diet of $4,000 for the sale of liquor to his wife.
0'Connell's son and daughter testified to the
purchase of liquor for their mother from May
to November, 1884. A physician testified
that during that time Mrs. 0'Connell was at
the point of death with delirium tremens.
Mrs O'Connell testified that every day she
drank from pint to quart of whisky, even
during her serious illness. The law permits
the recovery of 800 for every sale.
The>temperature in the West last Saturday
morning ranged from u below zero in
Kansas to 80 below in Dakota. The coolest
place reported by the Signal Service on Friday
night was Bismarck, Dakota, where i: was 43
below zero. A telegram from Fort Keogh,
Montana, says the spirit thermometers there
on Friday night registered so below zero.
AS they do not register below that point, it is
thought The temperature was really much
lower. In Canada on Saturday morning tenn
peratures were reported ranging from zero to
40 below.
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pages in 1876, it has anhS4lly been increased
until it now contains 100 pages. From the
first issue the Sun Almanac became favor
lite, and is now as necessary to the business
man, professional man, farmer, mechanic or
is known TO be reliable, therefore its popu-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-01-15
RIGHT HERE
RIGHT HERE
T. orndorff wishes to say he never
ADvERTIsEs IMPossIBILITIEs
But Has Made Such Reductions On
WIN ER GOD S

w IN Il II VI " " II -
That it will pay you to visit his large stores
and secure some of the splendid bargains he
is now offering. We call your especial atten-
ton to our clearance sale of
Ladies' Short and Long Goats,
Children's and Misses Coats. We still have
a nice line to select from, and at prices which
were lower than elsewhere during the entire
season. Marked way down; don't buy until
you have seen them. Ladies' Ga Cloaking
reduced from $3.50 to $1.00, from $500 to
$3.50.
Dress Goods Reduced, Trimmings Reduced,
Shawls Reduced, Skirts Reduced, Underwear
Reduced, Hoods Reduced, Gloves Reduced,
Flanels Reduced. About so pairs of White
and Grey
BLANKETS
Must be sold, and have marked prices on them
to make them go. Our neighbors will be
sorry to hear we have reduced our Blankets;
they have been far behind us all the season
in prices and quality of Blankets and now our
reduction does not in the least improve their
position.
ovERCoATs AND CLOTHING
Reduced 25%. We have some splendid bar
gains in Overcoats; Look at Style, Quality and
Prices of our Overcoats before you buy.
Our Domestic Department
was never so full of desirable goods,
MUSLINS, CALICOES AND GING-
HAMS.
Remember 0rndorff S
Is always stocked with tie best goods at
lowest prices. Remember Orendorff has the
largest line of Carpets in the County. See our
Is cent. Homemade Rag Carpetl
We beg to call your attention to our very
desirable
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The Reformers ~

Pursuant to notice in the public prints, and
in response to urgent appeals by letter and by
telegraph, number of people met in 0raterio
Hall, Baltimore, on Wednesday night. The
meeting was gottenup by Ex-Governor Ham
ilton, Gen. Bradley T. johnson, John X.
Cowen and others, and the avowed object
was to inaugurate movement to compel bet
ter methods and practices in the direction OF
the Democratic party ofthe state. The meet
ing was large, though by far the greater mum
Der were from the city, and gathered merely
to listen, not to participate.
Speeches were made by James U. Dennis,
president of the meeting, by Ex-Gov. Hamil-
ton, and John X. Cowen. The latter, as
usual, was more voluble than accurate, and
venom was shown in nearly every sentence.
The Washington county statesman's speech
was pretty much in the line Of his previous
utterances for the past seven years, and as
usual he endeayored to show that the state
finances are not well managed.
The meeting also adopted an address, which
recites some of the evils in Baltimore City
politics.
No one doubts that evils exist, but when ii
is asserted that Baltimore rules the state, it is
an assumption not founded upon fact II
that were true, would both United State Sen
ators be taken from the counties? Would
the Congressman from the fifth district, which
includes part of Baltimore city, invariably
be taken from the outlying district? Would
the postmaster of the city be taken from with
out her borders? Would every chief federal
officer be selected from the counties? And
is It not an insult to the counties to say thai
the three Senators from the city, rule the
twenty-three from the counties; and that the
eighteen Delegates from the city control the
sixty or Whereabouts in the House from the
counties. The counties concede no such su
periority, and usually the leaders IN botf
houses are from the rural districts.
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NOTICE

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This is to
has obtained
Carroll county
tary on the Pc
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late of Carol
sons having ell
hereby warned
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subscriber, OF
August, 1881
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Given und
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WILLIAM
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TRUsTEE'S SALE
Il OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE AND PER
SONAL PROPERTY,

In Franklin district, near Blooms Mill, Car
roll county, Nd.
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49, be true, as asserted, that the Grim
rule the city, it is sad common
the respectable people of the CITY,
state of affairs could exist if those
criminal class would do their duty
E Lns. That evils exist at all, is all
llgeahle to the intelligence, virtue and
property owners of the city. Do they not
constitute at least three fourths of the popu-
lation? And if they sit idly by and allow the
one.fourth to rule them, the worst degre-
dation that can befall them is not punishment
enough
And, ifthe criminal classes do rule, is not
the government good? Where is there a
large city better governed, and where is there
one with a less rate of taxation? Have there
been any defalcations among city officials
Have the city's funds been stolen? The ad-
dress and the speakers, point with pride to
the judiciary. Is not the Mayor honest, up
right and competent? Is there citizen oi
Baltimore who stands higher for every virtue
of an upright man? Are not the Register OF
Wills and Clerks of the Courts men of honor
and integrity? Is not the police department
equal to the best in the whole eo3Sil
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enk examiner of New
when requested, and
lilly dismissed and
bis place.
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NoTIa
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-22
4 PLAGUE OF SNAILS.

They Are Eating Every Growing Thing in
Center County, Pennsyi ania.
(Erom Harrisburg Special to New York SUM-
The entire lower portion of Center
county, Pennsylvania, is at present
plagued by most extraordinary vista
ton of snails or garden slugs. They
come from their hiding places in crevices
under board walks, stones, etc., only at
night, and they cover the roads and
walks by the million. In PENIS valley
and Bloomfield and the surrounding
country they have eaten every growing
thing in their path. Some gardens have
been entirely destroyed. 4 letter from
PENIS valley says that mornings after
warm nights walks and roads are literal
ly covered with the slum these insects
leave in their trails and by bushels of
dead snails that have been crushed by
pedestrians and wagons. Lime, paris
green. salt and other insect destroyers
have been scattered literally where the
snails travel and feed, but they have had
no effect on them. The singular part
OF this plague is that no insects of the
kind were ever known to be in the coun-
try before. Where they came from or
what influences have brought them there
so suddenly and in such immense num-
bers is mystery no one has been able
tC solve.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-22
Fair. to yield the following results:

The oil is Of beautiful pale yellow
color; its smell may be percelged on
heating oatmeal cakes. Seven per cent.
may be taken as the average-about as
much oil as is found in corn.
American samples seem tenacious and
hard, and therefore it is necessary that
oatmeal grits or greats should be ground
into meal and not into grits. In like
manner oats for horses should be bruised
in order to get them thoroughly digest
ed; it is the common practice IN Eng
land, and found to be far more cconom-
ical in feeding horses on oats. It is
noteworthy that the Hopetown variety
grown in Northumberland, was remark
able for its weight, which was grown on
a sandy soil, suffered from drought and
yielded only three quarters per acre.
The other samples, grown on deep, rich
vegetable loan mould, produced eight
quarters per acre, and less ash. AS the
oat grain constitutes three-fourths of the
weight, it will carry off IS pounds of
phosphoric acid per acre, and 60 bushels
per acre carry of 800 pounds of bones
per acre.
In conclusion, Professor Norton sums
up his IS months arduous labor thus:
owe see that even including the 'husk,
the oat is superior to any other corn il
the ingredients which go directly to the
production of muscle in the body. The
strong muscular forms of the Scottish
ploughmen have long been living wit
nesses to the good properties of their
favorite and almost only food; and, now
that it has been shown what those prop
critics really were, I feel sure that Dl
Johnson's definition of oats Food for
man in Scotland, and for horses in
England, will be remembered only for
its good and appropriate answer: And
where will you find such men and such
horses?
We may add, and where in America
will you find any man Like Professor
Norton at his own expense and time de-
vote IS months labor in investigating
with others such important practical re-
search into industries of world wide i'm
portance and interest?
The Importance of the subject il tie
growth of the oat, and comparative
analysis Of the straw at different stages,
in like manner as Professor Norton con-
Quoted his investigation, deserves more
notice and investigation Of samples in
every State of America by the Washing
ton board of agriculture, which the
chemists there seem to have left undone,
and their investigations consequently in
complete. Surely this will be soon in
vestigated and published.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-22
The Cotton Movement.

The New York Financial Chronicle, in
its weekly cotton review, says that for
the week ending Friday evening, the 10th
instant, the total receipts have reached
/, OBJ bales, against 1888 bales last week,
$, 765 bales the previous week, and TO-
626 bales three weeks since; making the
total receipts since the 1st of September,
1886, 5,l79,9l9 bales, against 5,207, ,949
bales for the same period of 1855,
showing decrease since September l,
1886, of 5000 bales.
The exports for the week ending the
same time reach total Of 5,5S8 bales,
OF which :, 1859 were to Great Britain,
to France, and 2,729 to the rest of the
continent.
The total sales for forward delivery for
the week are 700,500 bales. For imme-
date delivery the total sales foot up
S,6l2 bales, including 7,017 for export,
1885 for consumption.
The imports into continental ports
for the same period have been $1,000
bales.
There was a decrease in the cotton
in sight, Friday night, of 1851 bales
as compared with the same date OF
1856, a decrease of q, OPS bales as COM
pared with the corresponding date of
1885, and decrease of 273, ,3S9 bales as
compared with 1884.
Old interior stocks have decreased
during the week 1857 bales, and were
Friday night 70, Al bales less than at the
same period last year. The receipts at
the same towns have been 4,397 bales
less than for the same week last year,
and since September the receipts at al!
the towns are 03. l04 bales less than for
the same time in 1856.
The total receipts from the plantations
since September l, 1856, were 5, lS3, ,5l8
bales, in 1885 6 were 5,3l1, ,006 bales, and
in 1SS+5 were 1, 74O, 493 bales. Although
the receipts at the outports the past
week were 1902 bales, the actual move
ment from plantations was only 1858
bales, the balance being taken from the
stocks at the interior towns. Last year
the receipts from the plantations for the
same week were 1889 bales, and for
1885 they were 4S9 bales.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-22
TIE WIDOW OF PICKETT.
Heroism of Il Soldiers Dridc--A Perfect
AID Fearless Rider and 4 Brave Woman.

HeroiSm of Il soldiers Hridc-A perlect
AID Fearless Rider ana :: Brave Woman.
tFrom the Baltimore American.)
The recent recovery in Washington
from severe illness Of the widow
of the late General George Z.
Pickett recalls one Of the most interest
ing stories that come back to US from
the war. It's chief interest is her devo-
tion to her husband in all the hours Of
his hardship and danger. Privation,
sickness or suffering of any kind only
served to bring out more beautifully her
heroic and womanly nature. During
the closing year of the war she followed
him to the battle fields, lived under can
vas, and went through camp life like
a soldier, being repeatedly under fire
and making narrow escapes, yet still re-
naming faithfully by lis side. When
she married him she was but fifteen
years of age, beautiful in face and form,
gifted in intellect and gentle in her na-
ture.
She was, too, perfect and fearless
rider. When the War was over an effort
was made to take from General Pickett
the privileges given him by the Grant
Lee cartel, and they went to Canada
There they had no friends, no money
and no prospect OF either, with e young
child to care for. But her brave nature
never faltered. With that indomitable
courage which never deserted her, and
aided by her superior education, she
obtained professorship in bellies lettres
and took care Of the family until General
Grant insisted that the cartel should be
kept, and they at once returned to their
home. General Grant then rendered
General Pickett the position of Marshal
of Virginia, but he accepted position
in an insurance company With hand
some salary attached. Though al then
seemed bright, the worst sorrow was yet
to come. In few years General Pickett
died and she was left to her own re-
sources. 1t was then that her helpless
condition aroused the South and a sub
scription was started for her, headed
with IS, 900 by the State. She firmly
declined to receive this upon hearing OF
it, and shortly afterward secured small
government position, sufficient &c sup
port herself and family. Among her
friends and visitors ere some of the lead
ing society ard official people, whom she
occasionally entertains in a modest but
digniied way.
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= DECIDED NoNsTKoSiTY.
a Very Strange Being Recently Born III
tie Old North State.

a dispatch from Asheville to the
Knoxville Tribune says: Conspicuous
among the freaks of nature in this sec.
ton OF the State, is that one just re-
ported from the little town of Coopers,
eight miles east of the city on the West
ern North Carolina Railroad. Informa'
ton this morning reached here that al
this place, on yesterday, child with
two heads had been born. Finding the
physician, DR.. r. l. Wilson, who at
tended the mother, he confirmed the
report and gave full description OF tho
freak.
The child with two heads. the faces
being opposite. The frcnt face is per
fectly white, the one at the ha; ( IS moi
regular There is only one neck for the
skulls and the hair on the forehead
comes down to the eyes. The arms Of
this being are covered with heavy and
shaggy growth Of hair, entirely to the
wrists.
a number OF people to-day went from:
the city to see this monstrosity, and were
astonished at its remarkable PECULIAR
ties. Ruth and Havey Lythe, two
reputable and hard working colored
people, are the parents of this strange
being They live in an humble cabin
close by the Svarre river in the suburbs
Of the village.
The child is an unusually large one
weighing about sixteen pounds, and ap
parcntly two feet long. 1t IS amost
white and has facial features that are
rather pleasing, when the shaggy fore
head ard rear head are concealed. lt>
voice is not that of the human young
suggestive OF the lower animals in liz
strange unnatural cries. It mas not
taken nourishment from its mother:
breast, but g1eedily swallows what i!
otherwise given it. The mother appear
attached to this strange creature anc
refers to it most endearing terms.
Numbers CT our citizens from the sur
rounding country have to-day visited Tx
cabin, and gone away il wonder. Il
ready the aGaptability of tie freak 10 til;
demands Of the museum has been freely
discussed and it is said that bushes:
oilers have been made and declined.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-22
Lamar as Judge.
= Mississippian said recently to per

4 Mississippian said recently to a per-
ty of gentlemen IL Washington:
Secretary Lamar could never do for
Judge. Why, do you know what hap
pened to him on street car the other
day? He came into the car with a
French novel under his arm, iammed
himself down in a corner, ran his hand
into his pocket, pulled out fifty cent
piece anu put it INTO the box. 1t was a
''bob tall'' Car, where passengers pay
their own own fare. Then he poked his
nose into his book and began to read
:. lady on the opposite side who had
seen his mistake, called his attention to
it, saying: "Mr. Lamar, you put fifty
cents in the box" What he did was the
funniest thing I ever heard of. He
peered into the box a minute absent
mindedly, thrust his hand again into his
pocket and pulled out nickel which he
also dropped into the box, as he said:
II made a mistake! Oh, thank you,
thank you. Guess this will make it all
right
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-22
Overlooked Women.

For "wo3n-out, rundown, debilita,cd
school teachers, m;ilincrs, >eamstrcSscs,
housekecpers, and over worked women
generally, DR.. Pierces Favo.i;e prcscrip'
ton is the best o: ii! restorative tonicS.
Il is not 4 'Cure.all, but admirably full,
ills singlencss Of purpose, being mos'
potent Specific for all those Chronic Weak
nesses and Diseases peculiar TO women. Ii
is powerful general as well as uterine,
tonic and nervine, and imparts vigor and
strength to the whole system. 1t promptly
cures weakness of stomach, indigestion,
bluating, weak back, nervous prostration,
debility and sleeplessncss, in either sex
Favorite Prescription is sold by druggists
under our pcSitire guarantee. See wrapper
around bottle Price $l.O0 a bottle, or six
bottles for $500.
4 large treatise on Diseases Of Women
profusely Illustrated with c2lored plates
and numerous wood cuts, sent for ten cents
in stamps. Address, Worlds Medical As
socia:ion. G63 Main street, Buffalo, \. \
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-22
[From the ST. Paul, Mimi, Farmer.)

Crop.
(From the ST. Paul, Mimi, Farmer.)
From the results Of the analyses OF
16G samples OF American oats collected
from all parts OF the country, the De-
partment Of Agriculture at Washington
has rendered service much needed.
The results prove much variation of the
oat grain in its plumpness and relative
proportion of the kernel and the husk
and other physical qualities. The kernel
is found to be in proportion of I to 3 of
the husk-the samples from Western
States contain least husk.
Where the white oats will grow they
are generally heavier, and have larger
proportion of kernel in consequence.
Connecticut oats weigh 1913 lbs. per
bushel, Dakota 1876 lbs. and Colorado
1873 lbs. The average of sorts being
37.2 per bu>hel. The Pacific slope 1872
lbs; Northern States 3S; Southern 34.5,
which is 81 lbs. lower than the average
is for the whole country owing to the
looser husk.
Oats from Washington Territory gave
76.i per cert. average of kernel. One
sample gave 1928 per cent, and one
sample from Dakota 55.37; but the
amount Of meal from The best varieties
does not exceed 50 per cent. Of the oat.
The warmer temperature of the South
lowers the average weight, and the aver
age yield IS relatively about 10 bushels
per acre in the South against 30 for the
North. This is an item of value very
necessarily to the farmers interest, and
should be taken seriously into considera-
ton.
The relative quality of oats is a money
value, affecting the miller as well as the
farmer. OF the 10 samples analysed,
is samples from the Pacific slope were
lower in albuminoids, and richer in fiber
(husk) than the average for the whole
country.
The average composition OF oats was
found to be: